News Analysis

All the top green business news from around the world this week, including G7 clean tech minerals action plan, rising methane emissions, and more

The ongoing row over the UK's sewage spills looks set to be a major issue for local voters, but there are no quick fixes or easy answers to the crisis

Environmental Investigations Agency alleges farmers, regulators, and voluntary initiatives are failing to stamp out illegal burning, burying, and exporting of toxic plastic waste

Trades Union Congress sets out blueprint for shifting more private car journeys onto rail, bus, tram, and car sharing services

The Energy Transitions Commission assesses the feasibility of decarbonising the steel sector across the UK, US, Spain and France

A number of positive interventions on clean heating in the government's revamped Net Zero Strategy were overshadowed by underpowered progress on energy efficiency

Proposals to ban wet wipes, dole out 'unlimited fines' for law-breaking water companies, and fast-track investment in key infrastructure received mixed response from green groups

The Body Shop's global sustainability and activism director Chris Davis talks to BusinessGreen about how the almost 50-year-old cosmetics retailer is putting circularity squarely in its revamped shop window

EU nature protection, the US coal to renewables transition, and China's renewables planning rules all feature in this week's Global Briefing

Streamlined Program-level Assessment Framework and Assessment Procedure sets out new principles for high-quality credits based on latest science